Year 5/6 Runner-up: Amelia Fahey-Hankey, South Hobart Primary School

Down the hall I can hear my mother put the kettle on. Dust covers the windowpane, the sun filtering through the glass onto the floor. I lie under the blankets and think about my home....The alarm goes off, and I climb onto the roof to watch the sunrise. Here I can see the Blue Mountains melt into a carpet of green bush.

Year 7/8 Winner: Jaimee Narracott, Huonville Primary School

A boy wearily collapses into the comer of his room, clutching his floral skirt as makeup tinged tears stream down his face. Automatically, if a boy wants to look pretty, that makes him a "Freak" and "Abnormal".A girl nervously tugs her girlfriend through the front door to meet her parents, terrified of their response. To love someone of the same gender is "Wrong" and "Disgusting".

Year 7/8 Runner-up: Airlee Lawson, Huonville High School

I've done something wrong. something I've never done before. I am scared to go home so I am at my friend's house. I know that if I go home I am going to get punched, kicked or verbally abused....I have to go home at some point so it might as well be now. I walk in and it's exactly how I imagined it to be.

Year 9/10 Winner: Jem Nalder, Taroona High School

My friend's coming over today, he's older than me. But he's nice, so I like him. We always play games together....Years have passed and hormones rush into my system, as do memories into my mind. This causes me to become sick.

Year 9/10 Runner-up: Stacey Fox, Huonville High School

My Sister Matters, And The Decision She MadeMostly for me, the memories are what matters the most. I didn't get to meet this beautiful girl everybody talks about.Not only does she mean everything to me, she meant the world to everyone else. Her friends, family, pets and boyfriend.

Year 11/12 Winner: Chloe Last, Hellyer College

She was beautiful, strong, and smart, everything a girl her age would dream of being....She daily hid behind an invented smile. When the solitude of night came and darkness descended she would think about what she had done to deserve the heartache that filled her.